Cross River Appeals To FG For Release Of Intervention Fund To Curb Water Born Diseases

Cross River State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to release basic health fund in the 2017 budget to states to help in reducing water born diseases in their states.

Director general of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Betta Edu made the call during the official handing over of a primary health centre with solar powered borehole to the people of Npankana community in Ogoja Local government area of the state.

Having access to such fund according to the dg will enable more communities access to quality health care and avoid spread of water born diseases in Cross River State.

She said most hard to reach communities in the state are lacking basic health infrastructure including water despite the efforts of the cross river government,

Some of the community elders commended cross river state government for its effort in providing health facilities and a solar powered borehole in their community.

AIT's Rasheed Olanrewaju reports that the state also urged the federal govt. To include the same fund in the 2018 budget to enable states provide basic health care needs to the core rural communities across Nigeria.